Reflections (at different times) on ecumenical or interfaith issues, theology, spirituality, ministry, the arts, politics, popular culture, or life in general ... occasionally, just some funny stuff.

Sunday, 24 March 2013

"And then the red-headed Scotsman said to the priest ..."

Many classic jokes involve a group of three people:

three residents of the British Isles, an Englshman, Irishman, and Scotsman, drinking in a pub;

three clergymen, a minister, a priest, and a rabbi, playing golf on Monday morning;

three women with different hair colouring, a blonde, a brunette, and a redhead, driving down the highway.

We're never told what happened to the Welshman, Cornishman, imam, or grey-haired lady.Even though it's a joke, the funny bits are not equally shared. The minister, Englishman, brunette, and redhead never get the laugh lines.Some characters are transferable from one joke to another: the Scotsman and the rabbi, for example; or the Irishman and the blonde.It all begs the question: How many blonde, Irish rabbis does it take to change a light globe? (That, by the way, is the world's first post-modernist joke. It doesn't have a punchline, but it doesn't need one.)

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I grew up in the United States and have lived in Australia since 1980. I'm a retired (recycled?) minister in the Uniting Church in Australia. At various times, I've been a parish minister, ecumenical staffer, and hospital chaplain. Some of my interests include theology, liturgy, ecumenism, interfaith relations, history, politics, the arts, humour, and Christmas in popular culture. (I did my doctorate on Advent and Christmas as a "season of opportunity" for churches to relate to their communities.)